“Sure, rich trophy hunters probably help the local economy. so do the pedophiles who prey on kids.”
Ummm...pedophiles preying on kids? YGBSM! If there is no reason to CONSERVE the remaining lions, lions may go extinct. That isn’t a problem with humans. And no, I don’t view shooting an animal as the equivalent of raping a child.
That is the problem with the ‘thinking’...
‘conserve’ the lions so rich sickos can hunt them. yes, it *works*, but the the very ‘human’ who would want to hunt them at all is the sort who, like pedos, would be best eliminated. Since we can’t just off sickos, then the best alternative is to at least let them contribute to the economy whilst they fulfill their perversion. In both cases the planet would be better if the people who even had these impulses ended up in a shallow grave somewhere in the wilderness.